Of all the pets in American homes, only 29% were adopted from a shelter or rescue. Can you believe how low that number is?
Each year approximately 3-4 million pets are adopted, but 2.7 million still lose their lives each year for lack of a home.
Seventeen million people will acquire a pet within the next year. The Shelter Pet Project, a collaborative effort between The Humane Society of the United States, Maddie’s Fund® and the Ad Council, hopes to encourage these prospective pet owners to adopt shelter and rescue pets.
June marks a particularly active time for shelters and rescue groups, as it’s the peak of kitten season, when thousands of newborn homeless kittens join other cats available for adoption across the United States. There are cats for every personality in shelters and rescue groups right now, and with each adoption, the number of healthy and treatable pets who lose their lives in shelters each year declines. Currently, about 2.4 million pets still need to find a home each year.
We adopted our dog, Winston, last year and it was one of the best decisions we ever made for our family! Winston has brought so much joy into our house and he is just a doll. It breaks my heart when I think about him being homeless and abandoned… He’s just the sweetest dog we’ve ever met! He had lingering food anxiety and abandoment fears when we got him… but now is is so happy, adjusted and is one the of the best decisions we’ve ever made for our family!
Join me today as I attend the #GarfieldChat today – June 19th at 3-4pm EST to hear from @ShelterPets and @Garfield about Adopt-A-Cat Month.
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